boycott Bush-ass-kissing GENERAL MILLS

[sisenor]

For those of you who love Cheerios, time to find a susbtitute brand. General Mills is refusing to pull advertising from Sinclair. Here is what they say:

"We believe one of the fundamental elements of our society is the freedom of the press. Companies such as ours, in our view, should not attempt to influence, control or pre-empt the content of news through the leverage of advertising sponsorship. To do so would undermine that fundamental freedom.

From time to time, any one of us as viewers may consider a particular news story to be inaccurate or imbalanced. News organizations do err. Judgment is not always well applied. One major news organization recently acknowledged that errors were made in stories relating to the current presidential election. When such errors occur, certainly a price is paid in terms of reputation. But errors and questionable judgment are an acceptable price to pay, in our view, to assure the presence of a free and independent media in our society."

They are calling Solen Honor "news." They are taking a dig at CBS. They can go fuck themselves. I am never buying a Cheerio again.

[Bluebear]

1. I have cheered my last O.

Clearly written by a right wing General Mills spokesperson. The hell with them.

[joeybee12]

2. Got an e-mail address??????

[sisenor]

5. here's the email address

[e-mail]

[rkc3]

3. So they're saying they'll support Sinclair...

despite FEC regulations saying this type of shit is against the rules?

That's a lot of cereals to miss out on. Fuck 'em.

[Liberal Veteran]

4. Respond this way....

I believe that one of the fundamental elements of our society is market freedom and therefore I will choose to vote with my dollars and avoid any products with a General Mills label for engaging in partisan politics under the guise of fairness.

You just lost a lifelong customer.

[TimeToGo]

10. Just wrote them

Doubt it will mean anything, but . . .

[jono]

6. Here is a list of General Mills' brands

8th Continent
Betty Crocker
Big G Cereals
Bisquick
Bugles
Cascadian Farm
Cheerios
Chex
Diablitos Underwood* (*Venezuela only)
Forno de Minas
Frescarini
Fruit Snacks
Gardetto's
Gold Medal
Green Giant
Häagen-Dazs
Hamburger Helper
Jus-Rol
Knack & Back
La Salteña
Latina
Lloyd's
Lucky Charms
Muir Glen
Nature Valley
Old El Paso
Pillsbury
Pop Secret
Progresso
Totino's/Jeno's
Trix
V. Pearl
Wanchai Ferry
Wheaties
Yoplait/Colombo

http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/brands/view_all_brands.aspx

[Bluebear]

13. thank you for posting

[Iris]

What bull-shit. An error made in a news broadcast b/c of time constraints

is much different than airing a partisan program so close to an election.

[jean]

7. thanks for posting this - we're done with General Mills at our house -

I go through massive amounts of groceries - have quite a few big eaters - but no more GM products will grace my shopping cart.

[unfrigginreal]

8. Thanks, I'm passing this along

A nice BIG target for us to go after. A good test for us.

[Downtown Hound]

9. General Mills have always been big GOP donors

I stopped buying Cheerios months ago. There's tons of generic cereal brands on the market that are made from the same materials and are cheaper. General Mills can go to hell. And to even compare "Stolen Honor" to what happened with CBS, ah, it makes my blood boil.

[donheld]

11. This is discusting

the boycotts on:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[mac56]

12. Do you have a link for that?

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